Commissioners vote to call a 3.7 million bond election
County Commissioners move to call a 3.7 million bond election for a new county hospital after months of study and hospital board input. The panel heard a Dallas firm’s impact assessment and debated whether to proceed, with one member abstaining over concerns about size and local demographics. First Southwest Bank of Dallas will handle paperwork and set the date once legal details are resolved.
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Lynn Webb
Dallas
Daniel
Peters and Fields of
Odessa
Ishmael Carrasco
Wendell Faulkner
Cecil Cothrun
Pecos
Reeves County
First Southwest Bank of Dallas
H.D. Gover
O’ferrall Pauly
Dick Pattillo
Love Seat Showdown At Home
The piece recounts a private battle for the living room recliner during TV time. The narrator stages deceptions to oust JT from the coveted love seat, employing explosions, starvation tactics, and distractions as family tactics unfold, ending with the narrator abandoning the throne due to a bathroom urge.
Hospital pay raise and room rate hike approved
Reeves Memorial Hospital board raised employee salaries by six percent to align with area wages and boosted room rates by 17 percent to offset costs. The changes affect nearly all 66 staffers with pay boosts in the next check and room rates active since Sunday. Semi private rooms at 39 dollars daily and private rooms at 44 dollars daily. Administrator Jerry Taylor noted comparisons with Fort Stockton Monahans Snyder. The package narrows the monthly deficit but remains in the red at 80 percent occupancy. The votes were unanimous by all four present directors: Daniel Starkey Vasquez Pauly.
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Reeves Memorial Hospital Board of Managers
Memorial Hospital
Jerry Taylor
Fort Stockton
Monahans
Snyder
Taylor
Monahans Hospital
Joel Daniel
Mike Starkey
George Vasquez
O’ferrall Pauly
Severe storms kill at least 45 persons Midwest and South hit hard
Storms raged across the Midwest and Southeast over the weekend with at least 45 dead. A blizzard in the Midwest brought 90 mph winds, widespread damage, and power outages. Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota and Michigan reported several dozen deaths and millions in damage as arctic cold lingered. A Summit family of six perished from asphyxiation while three other members remained hospitalized.
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Associated Press
Midwest
National Weather Service
Minneapolis
Florida
Weather Service
Michigan
Nebraska
Iowa
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Illinois
Wiscon
Summit
St. Bernard’s Hospital
Milbank
Upper Midwest
Democrats propose tax cuts and public jobs plan
House Democrats unveil an economic program calling for tax relief, more public service jobs for the unemployed, lower interest rates, and standby authority for limited wage and price controls. The task force urged rapid action within 90 days and suggested broader credits, credit allocation for housing and small business, and public works funding, with focus on housing, energy conservation, and economic stimulus measures.
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Washington
Ford
White House
Congress
House
Democrats
State of the Union
Federal Reserve
Fedral
Pecos High electrical students retrofit Ree ves County fair barns
Pecos High School electrical trade classes are wiring the Ree ves County fair barns as part of a public service project. Students install light fixtures and run wiring, saving tax dollars and materials by using conduit and wire from the former Sagebrush Inn. This follows a prior project at the Boys Club building and aims to ready the barns for the livestock show and sale on January 24 25.
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Pecos High School
Reeves County
Sagebrush Inn
Boys Club
Pecos Barstow Toyah students face end of term tests
Pecos Barstow Toyah school system prepares for the end of the third six week period of 1974 75 with six weeks tests for high school students slated for Thursday and Friday. Bible verse quotes from Job and Martin Luther are noted in the page text.
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Pecos-Barstow-Toyah
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